Posts Tagged The Dream of Red Mansions
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling Ⅱ
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on November 22, 2010
Twelve Beauties of Jinling refers to the twelve leading heroine in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions and they are also the twelve excellent ladies in the book. They have been portrayed so vividly that till today, they are still very popular among Chinese people.
7. Jia Yingchun
8. Jia Xichun
Twelve Beauties of JinlingⅠ
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on November 20, 2010
Twelve Beauties of Jinling refers to the twelve leading heroine in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions and they are also the twelve excellent ladies in the book. They have been portrayed so vividly that till today, they are still very popular among Chinese people.
1. Lin Daiyu
2. Xue Baichai
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling – Lin Daiyu
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on October 13, 2010
Lin Daiyu is one of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling (refers to the twelve excellent ladies) in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions. She is the heroine of the book and ranks the first among the Twelve Beauties.
Lin is the daughter of Lin Ruhai and the cousin of Jia Baoyu. In the book, her parents died early when she was very young. And she is described as a girl with poor health since she was a child. However, she has a good command of Four Arts and especially good at composing poetry.
She is an intelligent and beautiful lady but is proud and aloof in nature. She and Jia Baoyu have the same interests and are both the traitors of feudalism. She never persuade Jia to throw himself into feudal official career. Gradually, they two fall in love with each other. However, Jia is forced to marry Xue Baochai, thus causing the tragic death of Lin Daiyu.
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling – Jia Yingchun
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on October 2, 2010
Jia Yingchun is one of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling (refers to the twelve excellent ladies) in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions.
Jia Yingchun is the daughter of Jia She. Her father does not concern about her and her mother died when she was a child. She is so timid and overcautious that she always makes concessions in her life. She is also indifferent to the things happened around her. When one of her maidservants was found doing something wrong, she did not even say a word to help her. Instead, she was quite afraid of getting into the trouble. Read the rest of this entry »
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling – Xue Baochai
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on September 26, 2010
Xue Baochai is one of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling (refers to the twelve excellent ladies) in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions. She is a beautiful and elegant lady, who is eager for official career.
Xue Baochai is the daughter of Aunt Xue, the sister of Ms. Wang. She gets on well with everybody in the family of Jia. Being well educated, she possesses profound aesthetic accomplishments and has a wide range of knowledge of literature, art, history and medicine. Read the rest of this entry »
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